Cylindrical mop



April 23, 1968 A. A. SULESKI CYLINDRICAL MOP Filed March 29, 1965 United States Patent 3,378,871 CYLINDRICAL M01 Anthony Adam Suleski, Rte. 3, Box 452, Pewaukee, Wis. 53072 Filed Mar. 29, 1955, Ser. No. 443,425 1 Claim. (Cl. 15--230.11)

ABETRACT OF THE DZSCLUSURE A mop, including a cylindrical shaped sponge unit rotatably mounted on a bail at one end of a handle, the bail having a tooth which is engageable with teeth upon the end of the cylindrical sponge unit so to lock the sponge against rolling when so desired, when the mop is moved in a backward stroke but which will permit rolling of the sponge upon a forward stroke for a limited distance.

This invention relates to rnops, and more particularly a combination cylindrical mop.

It is therefore the main purpose of this invention to provide a cylindrical rnop which will have a sponge rubber or other suitable covering on the outer periphery of its cylinder which will rollingly engage with a floor or other surface to be cleaned or waxed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cylindrical mop which will roll freely, restrained only by a spring, upon the forward stroke along the floor and will have pawl and ratchet means to prevent rotation upon the back stroke.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein a satisfactory embodiment of the invention is shown. However, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the details disclosed but includes all such variations and modifications as fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a vertical view of this invention shown vbroken away.

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the dryer unit shown partly broken away.

FIGURE 3 is a view taken along the lines 3--3 of FIGURE 1 and viewed in a direction indicated by the arrows.

FIGURE 4 is a cross sectional view taken along the lines 4-4 of FIGURE 1 and viewed in a direction indicated by the arrows.

FIGURE 5 is a plan view of the spiral spring shown in FIGURE 1 of the drawing.

According to this invention, a cylindrical mop is provided with a cylinder 11 of any suitable material which Will roll freely when in use. Cylinder 11 has a recessed end wall 12 and wall 12 is provided with a circular group of extending teeth which are in engagement with a ratchet pawl 14. Pawl 14 is secured to a bail 16 made of resilient steel or other suitable material and hail 16 is received 3,378,871 Patented Apr. 23, 1968 freely within opening 17 of wall 12 and within opening 18 of wall 19 within the opposite side of cylinder 11. Wall 19 is recessed within cylinder 11 substantially in the same manner as wall 12 is recessed. The other end of bail 16 is secured within an elongated handle 20 providing handle grip means for using cylindrical mop 10. Cylinder 111 is covered along its outer periphery with a cylindrical covering 21 of sponge rubber or other suitable material which will readily absorb liquids and will apply liquid to a surface after being saturated with the liquid. A spiral spring 22. is received upon the free end of bale 16 within cylinder 11 and urges teeth 13 of wall 12 against the pawl 14-. A washer 23 upon rbail 16 is held in position by means of a cotter key 24 received through the end of bail in transversely. A rectangular box 25 is covered with a wire mesh screen 26 which is secured to hinges 27 which will allow screen 26 to be pivoted upwards and away from box 25 with the aid of an extending tab 28 on the opposite end of screen 26. Box 25 receives and covers a rectangular pan 29 which will receive water 30 which will drip from mop 10 when the cylindrical covering of sponge rubber 21 is placed in rolling engagement with the screen 26 with a little pressure in order to dry mop 10.

It will be noted that mop 1% may be made of such a size that it may be cleaned in the kitchen sink with a small hard rubber or plastic honeycomb pad.

What I now claim is:

1. A cylindrical mop for floors and the like, comprising a cylinder covered with a cylindrical sponge, said cylinder having a cylindrical side wall bounded by parallel, circular end walls, a central opening through each of said end Walls, a bail received through said openings of said end walls to permit rotation of said cylinder around said bail, an end of said bail being received within one end of a longitudinal handle extending perpendicular to the axis of said cylinder, said end walls being recessed, one of said end walls being provided with a circular group of ratchet teeth integrally formed therewith, a pawl secured to said bail, said pawl being toothingly engaged with said ratchet teeth so to restrain the rolling motion of said cylinder in one direction, said teeth being urged against said pawl by spring means at one end of said bail, said spring means comprising a spiral leaf spring secured at one end to said cylinder and at its other end to said bail, said cylinder moving freely when said mop is being pushed away from a user, said ratchet teeth preventing rolling said cylinder when urging said mop toward the user, and said pawl being conveniently located for easy reach to a user so as to manually disengage said pawl with said ratchet teeth so as to reset said spring.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,187,585 1/1940 Grigas. 2,955,309 10/1960 Brown 15-230.l1 3,001,220 9/1961 Canning et a1. 15-23011 X CHARLES A. WILLMUTH, Primary Examiner. L. G. MACHLIN, Assistant Examiner. 

